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Read: Year 2009 = Accidents 26 (Fatal 18) Data valid till 18 May 2018. 2009 = 26 (20) Jan 15 US Airways Flight 1549, an Airbus A320, ditches in the Hudson River just after taking off from LaGuardia Airport in New York City after total engine failure due to multiple bird strikes; all people aboard…

Accident Date November 12, 2001 Summary Vertical stabilizer failure due to pilot error as a result of unnecessary rudder inputs Site Belle Harbor, Queens, New York City, New York, United States Aircraft Aircraft type Airbus A300B4-605R Operator American Airlines Registration N14053 Flight origin John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York City, United States Destination…

The action by First Officer Gamil al-Batouti in disconnecting the autopilot as a first step in diagnosing something if he had heard a sound or felt a tremor in the aircraft is not unusual and understandable. But as a former airline pilot, I would like to add the following: I would never shut off the engines…

Surface search Flight 447 was due to pass from Brazilian airspace into Senegalese airspace at approximately 0220 (UTC) on 1 June, and then into Cape Verdean airspace at approximately 0345. Shortly after 0400, when the flight had failed to contact air traffic control in either Senegal or Cape Verde, the controller in Senegal attempted…

Air France Flight 447 was a scheduled passenger international flight from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Paris, France, which crashed on 1 June 2009. The Airbus A330, operated by Air France, stalled and did not recover, eventually crashing into the Atlantic Ocean at 0214 UTC, killing all 228 passengers, aircrew and cabin crew on board…

Colgan Air Flight 3407, marketed as Continental Connection under a codeshare agreement with Continental Airlines, was a scheduled passenger flight from Newark, New Jersey, to Buffalo, New York, which crashed on February 12, 2009. The aircraft, a Bombardier Dash-8 Q400, entered an aerodynamic stall from which it did not recover and crashed into a house…

Korean Air Lines Flight 007 was a scheduled Korean Air Lines flight from New York City to Seoul via Anchorage, Alaska. On 1 September 1983, the South Korean airliner serving the flight was shot down by a Soviet Su-15 interceptor. The Boeing 747 airliner was en-route from Anchorage to Seoul but deviated from its original…